March 27, 2011
by Kid Nate on Mar 26, 2011 11:07 PM EDT in UFC Event
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/26/2074486/ufc-fight-night-24-results-amir-sadollah-dismantles-damarques-johnson
DaMarques Johnson held his own in the
first round but he faded in the second and
Amir Sadollah
took over. He beat up Johnson standing, followed him down
and beat Johnson until the ref stepped in at 3:27 of the
second round at UFC Fight Night 24.
The card is held in Seattle,
Washingon and is headlined by Phil Davis vs Antonio Rogerio
Nogeira.
Sadollah applied a hold called "the giftwrap"
which he wrapped Johnson's right arm around his head and
then locked Johnson's right wrist with his left hand while
being completely free to punch the helpless Johnson in the
face from the mounted position in the guard.
Johnson dominated the first three
minutes of the opening round with his wrestling and top
game. Sadollah turned the tide a bit towards the end of the
round with some sharp
Muay Thai
before Johnson landed a very hard hip toss slam. But
Sadollah was up quickly and got a double leg take down of
his own to end the round.
Sadollah came out in the second and
really hurt Johnson with sharp standup. Sadollah was using
an eight point attack landing punches, kicks, and knees.
Johnson answered with some sharp punches and a standing
elbow or two but Sadollah wore him down on the feet and
eventually staggered him twice then dropped him and pounded
away looking for the stoppage. Sadollah took mount at one
point then landed knees to the body from side control while
Johnson was turtled up on his hands and knees. Johnson hung
in but Sadollah got him down, took mount and trapped
Johnson's wrist around his neck such that he had
Two
veterans of The Ultimate Fighter, Sadollah won the seventh
season of the show while Johnson was the runner up in the
ninth.
